teflon pedal bushing

[Dale Probst]

Del,
I give what is thixotropic? 
I only have the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (blush with shame)
Best,
Dale
Dale Probst, RPT
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Delwin D Fandrich
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 1:57 AM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Re: teflon pedal bushing



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Musselwhite" <john@musselwhite.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: November 09, 2001 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: teflon pedal bushing


> At 07:38 AM 11/9/01 -0800, Del wrote:
> 
> >though the hole might be elongating. I'd go along with the VJ Lube, 
> >but would prefer my modern version using half talc and half Teflon 
> >powder.
> 
> Why not all Teflon powder? The last batch I mixed up seems to work 
> well,
> though it ended up a little thicker than usual.
> 
>                  John
> 


The talc makes the mixture a bit more thixotropic.

Del